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- 1. Snap Packages The App Store for Linux
- 2. Obligatory “Who am I?” slide • • • • • • • • • https://snapcraft.ninja/ • https://bowlhat.net/
- 3. What are Snap Packages? Snaps are self- contained application bundles run by millions of users daily Snaps run on many different Linux distributions without modification Snaps are sandboxed by default Snaps have a rich permissions system mediating their view and access to your system There are, as of the 10th of September, 2020 nearly 6000 publicly accessible Snap Packages in the Snap Store, which have millions of installations.
- 4. Challenges running Snaps on WSL2 SNAPD REQUIRES SYSTEMD SYSTEMD IS NOT STARTED BY WSL2, SO WE NEED TO START IT OURSELVES SYSTEMD WILL NOT START UNLESS IT IS PROCESS ID 1, WHICH IS TAKEN BY THE WSL2 INIT PROCESS
- 5. Getting Systemd running as PID1 Install Install GIT on your distro Clone Clone the latest code from my GitHub repository: $ git clone https://github.com/diddlesnaps/ch sh-variant-wsl2-systemd Run Run the installation script: $ cd chsh-variant-wsl2-system $ ./install-system.sh Done After a short wait, you will be returned to your shell with Systemd running as PID1
- 8. Finding, installing, and running Snap Packages • • • • • • •
- 9. Bonus Points: Building your own Snap packages – Part 1 • • • •
- 10. Bonus Points: Building your own Snap packages – Part 2 • • https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/hello-snap • • • • • • • • • •
- 11. Where to go for more information and help • https://snapcraft.io/ • https://docs.snapcraft.io/ • https://forum.snapcraft.io/ • @diddledan • Snapcraft.ninja